The Standard Model quark/lepton masses and the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa mixing in an SU (8) theory

The origins of Standard Model (SM) quark/lepton masses and the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) mixing pattern are described in an SU (8) theory, where three-generational SM fermions transform differently. A realistic symmetry breaking pattern with three intermediate scales is described, along which all vectorlike electrically charged fermions become massive. A set of d=5 operators that explicitly break the emergent global symmetries are analyzed to generate the observed three-generational SM quark/lepton mass hierarchies as well as the CKM mixing pattern. All SM flavors are identified in the spectrum.